StorySeekers

 Derived from research at museums and historical societies all over the north San Diego County inland area, the 39 stories in Valleys of Dreams cover 12 different communities. People profiled include Dr. John Larzalere, who practiced medicine in Escondido for almost 50 years, and Vital Reche, the man who gave Fallbrook its name. Readers can learn about places like Vista’s Rancho Minerva and events like the coming of the railroad to San Marcos, which was actually the coming of San Marcos to the railroad. (You’ll have to read the book to see exactly what that means.)

 Together these stories trace the history of the region from a sparsely populated area where livestock outnumbered humans to today’s burgeoning urban landscape of homes and shopping centers.

$21.55 tax included, 162 pages, soft cover, fully illustrated and indexed.

ISBN 978-0-9822671-3-4 

The history of San Diego County includes accounts of numerous towns and villages which no longer physically exist as separate entities.

Communities like Bernardo, Merton and Stowe disappeared decades ago. Their existence is beyond the living memory of most county residents today. Yet these places once bustled with life. Each town boasted its own school, general store and blacksmith shop. Many were stagecoach and railroad stops. Some were market towns for farmers and ranchers in the surrounding valleys. I call these “lost towns” the ancestors of today’s San Diego County cities and neighborhoods.

This book will take a closer look at three of these lost towns:
Bernardo, Merton and Stowe.

$12.00 tax included, 64 pages, soft cover, fully illustrated and indexed.

ISBN 978-1-7336577-0-9